Sikhism·Siree Raag·Shabad 87
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O My Mind, God Is Your Only Support

ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਹਰਿ ਭਜੁ ਸਦਾ ਇਕ ਰੰਗਿ ॥
mayray man har bhaj sadaa ik rang.
O my mind, vibrate and meditate forever on the Lord, with single-minded love.
ਘਟ ਘਟ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਰਵਿ ਰਹਿਆ ਸਦਾ ਸਹਾਈ ਸੰਗਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
ghat ghat antar rav rahi-aa sadaa sahaa-ee sang. ||1|| rahaa-o.
He is contained deep within each and every heart. He is always with you, as your Helper and Support. ||1||Pause||

Translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

In plain words

O my mind — God is your only Support.

God removes all pain and suffering. Meditate on His Name, again and again.

The one support. Not one of several supports. The only one.

God is the only support — not the most important among several, the only real one, holding everything else.
The deeper layer

The rahao makes the absolute claim: eko aadhaar — the One, only support. Not the most important support — the only support. Everything else that appears to provide support is actually sustained by this one support.

"Removes all pain and suffering" — sab dukh klesh nivaaranaa — when the only real support is found, it removes what the substitutes were causing by their inadequacy.

A Question to Sit With

What are the various things you lean on for support in life? If you ranked them by reliability, what would the list look like? What's most reliably there?

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